ABSTRACT
Scholarly components are more essential to the modern tertiary education, especially concern on management studies. Research competence is very important in relating to apply obtained knowledge in creative ways and create new knowledge. In recent times it has been identified that undergraduates’ interest towards engaging with a research is getting declined. The main intention of this study is to investigate the prevalence of research project phobia among undergraduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State.
Descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. Proportional sampling techniques was used to select a total of two hundred undergraduates from five faculties in the institution. Questionnaire was used to elicit information from the participant and the data generated were analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency count, simple percentage and mean.
Findings from the study revealed that undergraduates have positive attitude towards doing research. Results showed that the undergraduates’ belief on research writing is negative and can be as a result of fear for writing research. The findings also showed that the undergraduate students have inconsistent believe on writing research because they had knowledge, skills and ability to write research but they are scared of writing it which shows they have phobia for research writing.
However, the study concluded that undergraduates’ beliefs, attitudes and self-efficacy about research could influence their interest in doing research. Among other recommendations is that the universities should strive to subject all undergraduate students to academic writing training, with a special focus on how to write research reports.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: Introduction
1.1 Background to the Study
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Study
1.4 Research Questions
1.5 Significance of the Study
1.6 Scope and Limitations of the Study
1.7 Operational Definition of Terms
CHAPTER TWO: Literature Review
2.1 Theoretical Review
2.1.1 Theories of Fear Acquisition
2.2 Conceptual Review
2.2.1 Meaning and Essence of Research
2.2.2 Student Writing in Higher Education
2.2.3 Research Paper Process
2.2.4 The Nature of Writing
2.2.5 Kinds of Writing
2.2.6 Writing Research
2.2.7 The Difficulties in Writing Research
2.2.8 Student Understanding and Confidence in Research Writing
2.2.9 Characterization of Academic Writing
2.2.10 Challenges in the Supervision of Research Projects
2.3 Empirical Review
CHAPTER THREE: Methodology
3.0 Introduction
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Population
3.3 Sample and Sampling Techniques
3.4 Instrumentation
3.5 Validity and Reliability of Instrument
3.6 Procedure for Data Collection
3.7 Method(s) of Data Analysis
CHAPTER FOUR: Data Analysis, Results and Interpretation
4.1 Attitude of Undergraduate Students towards Research Writing
4.2 Undergraduates’ Beliefs about conducting Research
4.3 Undergraduates’ Self-efficacy on Doing Research
4.4 Summary of Findings
CHAPTER FIVE: Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendations
5.1 Discussion of Findings
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Recommendations
References
Appendix: Questionnaire
